Books of Mormon, or Book of Mormons?

When you have a stack of books, and the title on front cover says, "Book of Mormon," then you have a stack of Books of Mormon, right?

Argh! Wrong! WRONG, WRONG! Nothing drives me more nuts than this!

If Mormon wrote several different books (like, "Book 1," "Book 2," and "Book 3") and you were holding all three, you'd be holding several BOOKS OF MORMON.

Since Mormon only wrote ONE book, no matter how many you're holding, it's "Book of Mormons" when discussing it in plural form.

I have my MA in Education with an emphasis in English in the secondary ed classroom, focus on literature and grammar. If someone can prove me wrong, please do.

The proper way to use the plural of something would be... okay, let's say you and your friends all have a Day of Play once a month. Let's say next month, you're having two of these days in a row... then it would DAYS OF PLAY. :)

Anyway, this drives me nuts. I'm on a one-woman crusade to stop the incorrect use of "Books of Mormon." :)

Thank you for your time. :)

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"If 18,000 gods have been invented then it is likely that god 18,001 is also invented." -Graham Kendall

Do people actually say Books of Mormon? Seriously asking, I don't think I have ever heard that and it sounds really odd. The days of play example doesn't really work for me either because most people would simply call them play dates not days of play.

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Typing on my phone while feeding a baby. Guaranteed to have spelling errors :)